[EBB Sightings] Pleasanton Ridge Regional Pk.

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Above the Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park parking lot were two Red
Shouldered Hawks displaying and being very vocal.
Best spot to view all the activity is about 200 ft. up the main trail
looking down on to the parking lot.
Further up the trail are up to three singing California Thrashers all on
the east side of the trail looking down.
Listen for the Mocking Bird type song, but look for the big bodied
Thrasher mimicking the Mocking bird.
I have yet to see a Mocking Bird in the Ridgelands Pk.
At the summit of Pleasanton Ridge trail and where the trail  cuts of to
the Ranger home was an adult male Rufous Hummingbird.
There was a flock of Band Tailed Pigeons in continued flight.
Western Blue Birds are present in reasonable volume and beautiful as
usual.
A late note - it was a week ago today on the same trail I observed
several Wren Tits.
Today there were no visual or singing Wren Tits.
Yesterday Saturday Dave Bowden of Dublin and I drove the Mercy Hot
Springs to search for the Long Eared Owls.
We counted 20 Long Eared Owls, after a while five of the Owls flew, so
Dave was able to see their "under wing dark wrist" band marking.
Also a Prairie Falcon did a  fly by.
Regards
Rich Cimino
Pleasanton
 

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size=3D2>Above the=20
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park parking lot were two Red =
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Hawks displaying and being very vocal.
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parking lot.
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are up to three singing California Thrashers all on the east side =
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the trail looking down.
for the=20
Mocking Bird type song, but look for the big bodied Thrasher mimicking =
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Mocking bird.
yet to see a=20
Mocking Bird in the Ridgelands Pk.
summit of=20
Pleasanton Ridge trail and where the trail  cuts of to the =
Ranger home=20
was an adult male Rufous Hummingbird.
was a flock of=20
Band Tailed Pigeons in continued flight.
size=3D2>Western Blue Birds=20
are present in reasonable volume and beautiful as =
usual.
class=3D339532923-20022005>A late note - it was a week ago today on the same =
trail I=20
observed several Wren Tits.
there were no=20
visual or singing Wren Tits.
size=3D2>Yesterday Saturday=20
Dave Bowden of Dublin and I drove the Mercy Hot Springs to search for =
the Long=20
Eared Owls.
counted 20 Long=20
Eared Owls, after a while five of the Owls flew, so Dave was able =
to see=20
their "under wing dark wrist" band =
marking.
a Prairie=20
Falcon did a  fly by.
size=3D2>Regards
Cimino
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